Example sentences of "they are similar to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect they are similar to the developing blood cells whose diversity is also controlled by a sequence of signals from the surrounding tissues . |
| 2 | They are similar to those appearing in statutory instruments made under the Companies Act 1985 which relate to businesses , and include words such as bank , Great Britain , Queen , United Kingdom and Windsor . |
| 3 | In this respect they are similar to ethnographic restudies ( p. 92 ) . |
| 4 | Fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes may be found in the Upper Carboniferous ( 230Myr BP ) where , in most preserved details , they are similar to their modern counterparts . |
| 5 | The present proceedings are not precisely covered by any of the statutory relaxations of the privilege but they are similar to and analogous to situations in which Parliament has intervened . |
| 6 | They are similar to documentary programmes except that the content is more ephemeral as , by definition , the programmes have to be topical . |
| 7 | The main doors of the cathedral are the original bronze ones , 1186 , by Bonanno of Pisa , which have 42 sculptured panels depicting the Old and New Testament ; they are similar to the ones which he did later on Pisa Cathedral ( p. 149 ) . |
| 8 | These petals are not exactly comparable to those at Kingscote , but they are similar to that in one of the angles of the mosaic from VI , 3 , Cirencester , ( pI . |